The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-09-30
WAT 4 NAME.

The OrkgoaiaH editor, Harvc Seott,cpn.
tinues to wrlihe and twist under the ilagel.
la,ion which he receives BY the unfolding
by us OF his lnconslstent foolish record
The truth Is, when Harvey becomes the
victim Of that strange, periodic hallucina.
ton which seems to dog his editorial life,
he does and says things that even to him
seem ridiculous when"he Is himself again" !"
He undertakes TO deny the extracts which
we took week before last from the Orege.
niaW. hut, finding himself cornered,he re-
sorts 20 dirty hillingsgate, the refuge and
defense Of the low, the vulgar, the char.
acterless The man who could write such
letter as the following might be expect.
cd to be so devoid Of all genuine principles
Of truth and honesty as to deny his Savior
at any time for thirty pieces OF silver. But
read the letter
PoKrLASn, Feb. 10Th, 1874
Afy Doey Sir
You will see that have been making Il
auvm for Deadly. believe that II you and
other friends of our cause az Washington
OF the House with these tremendous facts,
Deadly would be impeached. You know
that the OrseosiaR Is constantly attacking
Butler. and you know also that Deady i
editor of the OFcgoaias. Now u all these
facts were properly made use of, we could
scare Deady at least. What do you think
about II All our friends here hope that
| something will be done 10 rid the bench Of
this "aes1heSf incubus" Please show this
TO Mr.. Holladay Respectfully,
III. w. Scorr.
This letter was written to Mitchell at 4
time when Deady was endeavoring 10 Sc
cure the conviction Of the Republican re-
peaters who, under Holladay, Scott & Co,
had carried the elections of 1874 with the
most daring frauds that the people of the
state ever witnessed. Scott was at the
time of writing this letter editor Of Holla.
days BaLietis. lie was making !, ''ssurm'
for Deady, trying to "scare" him out ol
his purpose to convict the men who had
cast hundreds Of fraudulent votes. And
In the face of such an unsavory record he
talks about honesty. "lf you and other
friends would tell Butler Benz these tre.
mendous facts, Deady would be impeach'
ed" Butler aud Scott impeaching Deady
Great Scott what par Rsbte fysfHm, Harvc
Scott was,at the time OF writing this letter
devoted follower of Mitchell. II viii bs
Remembered that early In 1873 Mr.
NIitchelrs "youthful indiscretions" were
mad. public, and in the fall of that yeal
the Republicans held a state convention
in this city to nominate a candidate fci
Congress to ill the vacancy caused BY the
death of 10. Wilson. Mitchelrs "youthfn
indiscretions' came up for consideration
as he was then in the u. ). Senate. Harv'
Scott was then collector of customs, having
secured his appointment through Mitchell
Scott was at the Albany convention an'
used all his powers to secure, (and did sc
cure,) the passage of a resolution endors
ing Mitchell. Every decent Republican
In the state was Overwhelmingly shocke'
and hung his head in shame al this zen
dorsemeni," while IIarve Scott. utterl,
destitute of all sense OF shame, boasted o
his success,as we are reliably informed ;,
scores of Republicans who were present
And to-day he is publicly denounced by
large majority of the Republicans as beini
Thoroughly dishonest and destitute of Al
true principles OF manhood. And thi
represents in feeble way the quality O
the man who undertakes to Judge Of hon
esty in others.